UBC Life Sciences
Joint Seminar Series
This new initiative is a partnership between the LSI, our three resident departments – Microbiology and Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Physiological Sciences – as well as our close collaborators, the Department of Zoology, and the Faculty of Dentistry. Together, our aim is to present a series of highly compelling and transdisciplinary seminars by world-class researchers. Join us in welcoming our fascinating lineup of speakers, and stay afterwards to socialize in the West Atrium!
September 2022
September 16, 2022 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 Via Zoom |
“Adapting an evolutionary model organism for host-microbe studies”
Dr. Kat McMillan-McClellan
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut
Hosted by Dr. Carolina Tropini
Registration Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5YrcuyqqT0sHNy9GZBcZc_uAF_PDKPx4K0B
POSTPONED
“Innate immunity in bats: what can we learn to combat future pandemics”
Dr. Karen Mossman
Professor and Vice President Research
Department of Medicine
McMaster University
Hosted by Dr. Ninan Abraham
October 2022
October 7, 2022 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“Using cryoEM to reveal sites of vulnerability for viral entry”
Dr. Matthew McCallum
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Veesler lab
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Washington
Hosted by Dr. Natalie Strynadka
October 14, 2022 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“The Silent Genomes Project”
Dr. Nadine Caron
Professor
Northern Medical Program
University of Northern British Columbia
Hosted by Dr. Lindsay Rogers, Assistant Professor of Teaching, UBC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
October 28, 2022 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“Investigating the heterogeneity of ribosomal dynamics and structures”
Dr. Khanh Dao Duc
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
Associate member of the Departments of Computer Science and Zoology
University of British Columbia
Hosted by Dr. Mark Cembrowski
November 2022
November 10, 2022 | 3-4 pm | LSC2 |
“Mechanisms of membrane protein quality control”
Dr. Susan Shao
Associate Professor of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
Harvard University
Hosted by Dr. Hilla Weidberg
November 25, 2022 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“Hitting a moving target: how understanding HIV reservoir dynamics can help advance HIV cure research”
Dr. Zabrina Brumme
Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Hosted by the LSI Trainees Joint Seminar Committee
January 2023
January 6, 2023 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“The cellular coup d’état executed by SARS-CoV2 proteases to escape autophagy and ISG innate defences”
Dr. Christopher Overall
Professor and Canada Research Chair
Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia
Department of Oral and Medical Sciences
Centre for Blood Research
Hosted by Dr. Jessica Rosin
January 13, 2023 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“Cell and mechanobiology of asymmetric cell division”
Dr. Clemens Cabernard
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Washington
Hosted by Dr. Kenji Sugioka
Zoom registration link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Iofu6hqjopH9awsd6gBfzR3L50-uEBRcgz
January 27, 2023 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“Assembly and function of RNA granules in germ cells”
Dr. Geraldine Seydoux
Huntington Sheldon Professor in Medical Discovery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hosted by Dr. Kenji Sugioka
February 2023
February 3, 2023 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“tRNA-code: Resistance to all viruses. Tropism-Code: Delivery TF-code: Cell types”
Dr. George Church
Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Professor of Health Sciences and Technology
Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Hosted by LSI Trainees Joint Seminar Committee
February 17, 2023 | 3-4 pm | LSC3|
“Translational regulation in germline condensates”
Dr. Ruth Lehmann
Professor of Biology
Director, Whitehead Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hosted by Dr. Ethan Greenblatt
February 24, 2023 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“Reciprocal gut/body signaling during intestinal heal and disease”
Dr. Julia Cordero
Professor of Systemic Signalling Biology (Therapeutic Science Research)
Senior Research Fellow, School of Cancer Sciences
University of Glasgow
Hosted by Dr. Elizabeth J. Rideout
March 2023
March 24, 2023 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“Insights into mitochondrial vesicle formation and links to disease”
Dr. Heidi McBride
Professor
Department of neurology and neurosurgery
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in mitochondrial cell biology
Hosted by Dr. Hilla Weidberg
March 31, 2023 | 3-4 pm | LSC3 |
“Defining the molecular basis of how lipid signalling is dysregulated in human disease”
Dr. John Burke
Professor
Biochemistry and Microbiology
University of Victoria
Hosted by Dr. Calvin Yip
April 2023
April 28, 2023 | 3-4 pm | LSC1 |
“Targeting the Cell’s Stress Pathways for Therapeutic Benefit”
Dr. Peter Walter
Director of the Altos Bay Area Institute of Science
Distinguished Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California San Francisco
Hosted by Dr. Thibault Mayor